APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING PACKAGING TAPE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate attachment and replacement of a packaging tape roll by rotatably pivoting a tape receive of the packaging tape roll around a vertical axis on a base and also by providing a turnover member in the vicinity of a pair of guide rollers provided approximately at the center of a lateral direction of the base. SOLUTION: In setting a packaging tape T, first after a packaging tape roll R is mounted on a core 521 of a tape receive 52 which has been pulled forward, a rear of the fed-out tape T is wound around a tension roller 561 for pulling out. Then after the rear of the packaging tape T is wound around a front stage guide roller 53 and an adhesive face of the tape T is wound around a rear stage guide roller 54, the rear of the tape T is wound around a turnover member 55 for pulling it out upward and led to a tape sticking plate of an applicator 4. Then the tape receive 52 is restored to a working position contained inward the base, and a joint of bottom flaps of a corrugated fiberboard case is sealed by the packaging tape T.